15 month old not talking at all.

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Ds is 15 months old and doesn't say anything. No 'mama'. No 'dada'. Nada.

He doesn't really seem to babble much either.

He can definitely understand what I'm saying though.

Should I be concerned? I really can't face taking him to our crappy Health Visitor's clinic!

I'm only a bit about it as DD was a chatterbox by this age (well, she could say 10-15 words lol).

Ds2 is 17 months, says Da. A lot. or Dada. or Dadadada. But that is it. I'm sure he understands, he can point to various parts of his body etc, understand things I say, but isn't speaking, or walking either!

Boys are usually quieter and slower to speak. If you are sure he hears and understands you and is 'meeting his other milestones' i wouldnt worry about it. Enjoy the silence {puts ear-plugs back in}

OK, that's kind of reassuring (strength in numbers right? ).

shitemum - lololol at your name (although it is rightfully mine!!!) Sadly there's bugger all silence round here. DD is motormouth and DH plays the bagpipes.

Sounds ok to me. Dd was the same - obviously understood everything at that age, but wasn't saying anything at all as far as I remember.

At 21 months she was making a few animal noises and mama, dada.

At 2 yrs old, a few clear single words.

At 2 years 1 month, full sentences, never stopped talking, drove me nuts!

how old is your DD SC?
does she talk for him? i only ask because my sister didnt say a word until she was almost 2 because she didn't need to - i did all the fetching and carrying for her.

saying that he is still quite young, i'm sure he will start soon and never stop lol

spawn - how can you stand the bagpipe playing? (and I'm Scottish!) Really, I think you could use it against him if you ever wanted to get a divorce

Don't worry. My ds didn't say a word until 16 months. Then he only said about 3 words until 19 months (too busy learning to walk at the same time).

But he caught up very quickly, can now talk for England, and is extremely articulate with a wide vocabulary (he is now 6).

I think girls often talk earlier, but if he's obviously understanding stuff, I wouldn't worry.

my ds is two and has lots of words and sentences but he just points at what he wants 90 per cent of the time its only when silly mammy doesnt understand that he bothers with talking to me!think they understand a lot more then you think and if they dont [need] to talk then why bother sometimes!15 months is still young to worry about talking i think

Shiteymum - yes. It is every bit as bad as you might imagine.

Elesbells - You're right - DD (2.8) doesn't let him get a word in!

Thank you all for your replies. It's very reassuring

You're being a bit previous, Spawn. 15 months is very young for talking.

He will probably do what mine did, which is to cut out the mama, dada stuff, and just come out with 2-3 word sentences when he's about 20 months.

By 22 months, he was talking full sentences, and it's been a frigging nightmare ever since

But honestly! No need to worry. I've just baby-sat a 13 month old who isn't even crawling yet and she seemed perfectly happy to me!

When my ds1 was 15 months I worried cos he wasn't talking.
Now he is 2.9 and in 'toddler broken record mode' almost every waking minute...
Oh how I wish he still hadnt' managed the talking bit...

Oh I sooooo sympathise with the broken record.

I had to endure an hour and a half of 'We're going to Granny's house' while in the car with DD the other day. Liiterally every 15 seconds. And if I didn't say 'Mmmm yes we are' in reply, she would then say 'Where are we going?' I had to plunge my head in a bucket of iced gin on arrival.

Ds2 is 17 months and says nothing too. He points and shouts to get attention, but has no words at all. Ds1 was a chatterbox at this age too. Though, ds1 was only just walking, and ds2 has been walking since 10 months and I once read that they concentrate on walking or talking at this age. Seems to be the case for my two. I am not anxious yet. Read a few threads on here about kids not saying anything until 2 or so.

And just to get me back for wishing that DS1 would be talking at an early age - DS2 is 17m and well advanced of where his brother was at that age.
Have invested in a bag of 200 pairs of earplugs from the builders merchant and will tell my boys that they are mummys new trendy earrings.
I hate it when they say 'car' AT EVERY CAR on the road for a few months. Especially when you're a couple of hours on the motorway with ds1 doing the 'where are we going/look daddy big truck/look moo cows' all the time and now DS2 screeching 'car!!/Truck!!/Moooooo!!' just as often and at the same time.
Sorry did I hijack, just needed to get that off my chest

ds is 15 months and only says mom, ma (grandma), yeah, baba (we go to baba seahorse swim lessons) and baa baa (from the song)

he also says gobledigobledigobledi which i have no idea what it is.

i thought i heard him say grandad but he probably didn't.

he doesn't point either should i worry about that?

DD is nearly 16mo and says daaaad for (you guessed it) dad, mumumumum for mum and dooh (a la homer simpson) for no. So don't worry about it too much. I'm sure they will get there soon enough.